This is our TT, what the heck can tow it??

jlfought wrote:

carringb wrote:
You need a Ford E350 with the v10. payload is over 3,000 pounds. GCWR with 4.10 gears is 18,500. You will need to upgrade to a class 5 receiver however, since the stock is only a class 4. A diesel would work too but those come with additional maintenance headaches, and it's quite a bit less powerful than the v10.

The Chevy Express will have enoug payload but not enough GCWR.

So I found a 1997 Ford E-350 Extended wagon V-10 4.10. If we upgrade to the class V receiver it will work for us? I found just one site that had tow info on it for the model and it has it listed as a 10,000 lb tow capacity and 5590 curb weight. Those were the only figures I found for it.

Thanks so much for the info too!!

That tow rating assume one driver of 150 lbs, no other passengers. Your actual rating could be less than that. Or the 10 k could be because of the STD returned on it.

Is this rig a single rear wheel rig? I would vote no if it is. OR plan to do a suspension upgrade to the rear, along with adding dual tires. Something like what Bryan did to his E350.

Again if it were me.....I would skip the E350 and go with a bus version of an E450. This should more than cover for the passenger weight of 8 people, also include things like car seats in people or other weights you need. Along with potentially 1500 lbs of hitch weight.

You will if like myself, probably add some 1500 min to 2000 lbs of gear to the trailer above and beyond what it weighs sitting there. That is the amount I had for my family of 6. During ski season, we added another 500 lbs of ski gear etc. Along with the snow that fell in the roof during weekend. The most I know of was 4-5000 lbs when it snowed over 3' one fine weekend.

Marty